Create Particles Utility

The Create Particles Utility is a handy built-in utility for quickly creating sets of particles within a predefined bounding range. You can access the utility by opening the Utilities menu at the top of the Particle Flocker Window and selecting the Create Particles Utility menu item.

The options for the utility are shown and described below:

Option

Description

Particle Type

Select from either nParticles or Legacy Particles

Number of Particles

Choose how many particles to generate

Bounding Range

Set the size of the bounding range in world space within which to generate the particles

In addition to creating particles the utility also sets some defaults on the created particle nodes to ensure correct simulation results:

Disables collisions on nParticles

Disables gravity on nParticles

The utility itself is very simple to use. Simply choose the options you want and press the Make Particles button once you are ready.